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Highlights from our weekly round-ups 2013

20-12-13
It's been a busy and exciting 2013 for the Arts, Culture and Education Sectors.

‘If the arts were in charge of education…”

20-12-13
Jude Kelly shares her thoughts on what’s missing from the arts education policy debate in the UK, and how culture should be positioned to make the greatest impact in the future.

Potential and possibility, not problems and containment

19-12-13
Priced Out? Report of roundtable discussion with Stella Creasy MP at the William Morris Gallery (31 October 2013).

Ecorys UK appointed to evaluate the CPP programme

19-12-13
The project aims to complement the research & evaluation activities being undertaken by the CPP programme individually.

Arts Award and the Summer Reading Challenge

18-12-13
This year, A New Direction has been working with The Reading Agency and the Bridge England Network to explore and develop opportunities to integrate Arts Award into the Summer Reading Challenge, and we’d like to share our findings from the programme so far.

Celebrating Artsmark Success in London

18-12-13
During the 2012/13 academic year, 112 schools successfully applied for Artsmark, with 78 achieving Gold - a fantastic achievement, and the highest in the country.

How can we work with supplementary schools?

18-12-13
A guest blog from Siân Hunter Dodsworth, Community Programmes Coordinator at The British Museum, on what their recent work tells us about how the cultural sector can engage with supplementary schools.

London: a world city for culture and arts

17-12-13
A summary of London’s world position as a leading city in culture and arts, based on the recently published ‘World Cities Report 2013’.

My Community Arts Management Apprenticeship with A New Direction

16-12-13
Our Programme Assistant, Maria Onyelekere, reflects on the skills she learned and the experience she gained by taking an apprenticeship with A New Direction.

AND research – a whistle stop tour

16-12-13
This is the time of the year where often we look back at the last twelve months and draw the sums –when it comes to research, we can safely say it has been a busy and, above all, exciting year for A New Direction.

Ofsted launches its Annual Report 2012 / 2013

13-12-13
London has seen a rise in the quality of its schools again and overall inspection outcomes were the best in the country.

Annual Review 2013 - My Culture, my London

09-12-13
Showcasing the creativity, passion and commitment of young Londoners, and highlighting key moments from the past year.

Museum visiting during an economic crisis (or Crisis? What crisis?)

09-12-13
What effect has five years of economic turbulence had upon museum visits? That was the question posed to delegates at the last European Group on Museum Statistics in Paris on 18-19 November where I was resurrecting an old role as the networks UK representative.

Film Club Success

06-12-13
Wanstead High School have recently been celebrating after receiving a Best Film Club Award at the National Youth Film Festival Awards.

PISA results have been launched by the OECD

06-12-13
The coverage this week has been dominated by the rise and fall in international rankings, or in the UK's case getting stuck in the middle.

Children Taking Over

05-12-13
AND’s Caterina Violi, Claire Storey & John McMahon dropped by some of the London museums involved in Takeover Day this year, and were impressed by what the saw.

Freedom, accountability and change

04-12-13
What cultural organisations need to know about the new education landscape.

World Cities Report 2013 has been launched

29-11-13
A report that celebrates world cities -including London- as crucibles of human creativity and endeavour.

World languages for a world city

28-11-13
Exploring the languages spoken by young people in London schools.

Steve Moffitt and five young poets meet The Queen

28-11-13
Our Chief Executive accompanied the Young Poet Laureate for London shortlistees to the celebration of Contemporary British Poetry at Buckingham Palace.

Setting up a Free School

26-11-13
Our Chief Executive, Steve Moffitt interviews Celia Greenwood, Chief Executive of WAC Arts, to find out more about this arts organisation's decision to set up a Free School.